The reduction in the crime statistics toward the latter part of last year could not be pinned to a provable strategy.
We did not feel there was anything in the speech of the Minister of National Security on the subject which could be attributed to the downward trend.
As such we said it was temporary
and at best probably just luck.
The business of crime fighting as it is with almost every other venture must be pinned to a formula.
That formula must be goal oriented with well articulated, measurable steps to accomplishing those goals.
Until the JCF develops and execute a strategy following those guidelines it will simply be putting out fires
Now we are aware there are socio-economic factors at play as well as a decrepit criminal justice system, inadequate laws, and political interference, which are driving crime in the Island. The police however must hold up it’s end of the bargain.
In so far as crime is concerned in Jamaica, the JCF is failing dismally, based on their own numbers, if the JCF was a business it would have folded a long time ago.
Oh by the way crime is a business and so is crime fighting.1
Jamaica has a Government which is not about the rule of law.
She also have a police department that couldn’t find it’s way out of a barrel.
Our country is in for a lot more dark days before it realizes the light.